In cold fear
Subtitle: the Catcher in the rye censorship controversies and postwar American character
By: Pamela Hunt Steinle.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Salinger, J. D. 1919-; Salinger, J. D. 1919- -- Censorship; Fiction -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war; National characteristics, American -- History -- 20th century; Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character); Runaway teenagers in literature; Teenage boys in literature; Cold War in literature
Description: "In Cold Fear examines the censorship controversies over J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye as a cultural debate occurring across America, from 1954 to the present day. Catcher presents a narrative in which adolescent embrace of American ideals of individualism and egalitarianism lead to criticism and rejection of dominant postwar social practices - a narrative as threatening to some adults as it is heartening to others.

Attempts to remove Catcher from high schools as an "un-American" text have generated continuous and extensive controversy, distinguishing it as one of the most frequently taught postwar novels - and the most frequently censored."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.